Promoter Polymorphisms of the TNF-α (G-308A) and IL-6 (C-174G) Genes Predict the Conversion From Impaired Glucose Tolerance to Type 2 Diabetes
The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study
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vol. 52 no. 7 1872-1876
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- April 8, 2003
- February 9, 2003
- Published in print July 1, 2003.
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- Agata Kubaszek1,
- Jussi Pihlajamäki1,
- Vladislav Komarovski1,
- Virpi Lindi2,
- Jaana Lindström3,
- Johan Eriksson3,
- Timo T. Valle3,
- Helena Hämäläinen4,
- Pirjo Ilanne-Parikka5,
- Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi6,
- Jaakko Tuomilehto37,
- Matti Uusitupa2 and
- Markku Laakso1
- 1Department of Medicine, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
- 2Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
- 3Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Diabetes and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
- 4Research and Development Centre, Social Insurance Institution, Turku, Finland
- 5Department of Medicine, Finnish Diabetes Association and University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- 6Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and Department of Sport Medicine, Oulu Deaconess Institute, Oulu, Finland
- 7Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Markku Laakso, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Kuopio, 70210 Kuopio, Finland. E-mail: markku.laakso{at}kuh.fi